Taungpulu sayadaw biography of william

Kaba Aye U Chit Tin

(First published in the ' The Light of Dhamma', Vol.

1, No. 2, Department of Religious Affairs, Rangoon, Burma, )

The most Venerable Taungpulu Tawya Kaba-Aye Sayadaw was born to his cultivator family of Tezu Village, Wundwin Township, in the former Meiktila District of Upper Burma.

He was the eldest chief of U Yan and Daw Shwe The and was born on Saturday the 3rd Waning day of Tabaung B.E. Maung Paw Lar was the name given by his parents.

He was henceforth known as Mahasi Sayadaw, or the Mahasi monk.

Franklyn was a Buddhist monk under the most venerable Taungpulu Kaba Aye Sayadaw of Northern Burma, and also studied in the Zen and Taoist traditions.

"The Taungplulu Kaba-Aye Dhamma Center (TKADC) was established in by the forest master Very Venerable Taungpulu Tawya Kaba-Aye Sayadaw of Upper Burma and.

The key takeaways are that there were two main meditation lineages in Myanmar - the Ledi Sayadaw lineage focusing on tranquility meditation.

* Sayadaw Dr. Jagarabhivamsa.

At the age of seven he was admitted as a school boy to the Yewun Monastery of nearby Yewun Village, whore the presiding Sayadaw was U Teja. He studied not only the basic Buddhist education but also some fine arts and painting.

He also studied basic Pali grammar and the Abhidhamma Sangaha.

He was initiated as a novice samanera at the age of 13 by the preceptor Venerable Sayadaw U Teja, and He was called.

When he attained 7th year of novicehood, at the age of 20, he was fully ordained as a hhikkhu